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(...) Stuff still happens at Port Block, but not of the sail driven variety. Having built some large and small vessels on the narrow and wide hulls, design seemed a bit tapped out. As Richie notes, there has been some recent activity in the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) -snip- (...) No tall ships recently, but Richard did bring along some small craft to Bricksmeet. Have a look at (URL). The longboat is made by cutting two rowboats very accurately (using a fretsaw and a jig made of Megablocks™), they aren't (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) there is quite a size difference between the two, seeing them relative to each other. (...) have not seen much from port block in a long time! does he still build ships? in any case, looked like a good time was had by all, except the Intracty, (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin wrote: -snip- (...) Or better still, (URL) (with the FTX fixed). Cheers Richie Dulin (2 URLs) Port Brique Somewhere in the South Pacifique (2 URLs) Misérable Building a safer South Pacifique (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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Ahoy, The recent Bricksmeet 2003 was an opportunity for some of the folks from Port Brique to go on a bit of a day sail. Both the good guys (the French) and the bad guys (the Brikkish) were represented: Jacques Legeaux with the Misérable, and (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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Great ship! Good use of available bricks. Keep them sailing. Vice Admiral, His Excellence Amato Santiago Don, Lugnet # 1239 (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jun-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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Ahoy, Another privateer has turned up in Port Brique. It's not particularly big or impressive, but does have a couple of innovative features. The vessel is the Digne, and is is captioned by Guillaume Bishop. As would be expected, Bishop of Digne is (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jun-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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Well, I am a fan of schooners, and it's nice to see another fore-and-aft vessel out there with a proper amount of privateer pop-guns. I'm looking forward to seeing the Lady Grace complete with sails. -->Bruce<-- (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Ken, Very nice, it's definitely a schooner, and the cannons look darn good. I guess those cod-pirates are in for a surprise. Thanks, George (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) it's an *invisible* tiller. And that's an invisible boat too! : ) But let's not let that get around, there are pirates that would try to take advantage of her ladyship. As to the schooner rig, I'm generally not a big fan either, though in this (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Nice work indeed! That SNOT hull is a work of art - I love the combination of slopes and the bow and more traditional plated SNOT at the stern. I'm not a fan of schooner rigs generally, but I'd love to see this one under full canvas - she'd (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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Well, I've been saying that I need to get this privateer of mine finished, and I've dropped her name a number of times. At long last, photos of 'Her Ladyship' have arrived! The pre-moderation teasers: (URL) the gallery, with pictures predominantly (...) (22 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) <snip> (...) I find they work well when the arm is studs up (ie attached to the mast with a 1x4 plate with rod down), and less well for studs down (ie attached to the mast with a 1x4 or 1x2 plate with rod up). The Port Brique workaround for (...) (22 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) If you're going to use a paper punch on fabric, you might want to buy a dedicated paper punch and never use it on anything _but_ fabric. Paper will dull any cutting edge (in theatre, you learn that a very painful way to commit suicide is to (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I'm not familiar with it, but I'm sure most of the fabric stiffeners would be fine! You may have to experiment with whether you want to dilute it or not. In my case, I didn't like the amount of stiffness that the full strength solution (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) thats some good advice, thanks! i think i will try to stiffen my material up, so it will hold better. i did not think about the cardboard template, but i will try it! i am trying to build accurate sails for the period, and have to figure the (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) i wonder if they have that at my local fabric store. :-) the stuff i have right now is a heavy 100% cotton canvass. it is relatively stiff, but i may try to stiffen it up. (...) i found that 2x1 plates with the rod attached perpendicular to it (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) <snip> (...) Richard Parsons used a combination of shorter and longer mast parts for the Agamemnon (see (URL) The short top mast sections have a vertical row of studs). Hmmm... looking at the pics there may still be a shortage of arm mounting (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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In lugnet.pirates, Tom Reed writes: (Some good advice on sail making). Just a couple of extra points - The product I used for the Misérable and the Intracty was a US product called "Stiffie" (!) I used a standard paper hole punch for the rigging (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Hi Steve, What I've found that works best for punching holes is a leather punch tool! It looks like a set of pliers only it has a wheel on the end. It allows you to select different sizes for the holes by dialing the wheel to the correct size. (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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